Engineering Design of Road Web

Aims :To inform the participants of roadway structures, engineering and their relationship with traffic safety

At the end of the program, the participant will be able to:

Connect between road engineering and traffic safety for the different types of vehicles.

Contents:

• Importance of functional partition of roadways
• Characteristics of road surfaces and road shoulders
• Road capacity:

o Traffic capacity
o Economical capacity
o Environmental capacity

• Vertical planning:

o Factors
o Design
o Standard characteristics

• Horizontal planning:

o Factors
o Design
o Standard characteristics

• Vertical and horizontal planning and their relationship with road accidents

• Uncontrolled crossroads:

o Types
o Design
o Factors

• Entrances and Exits:

o Types
o Requirements
o Different types of vehicles

• The effects of road planning and engineering on traffic safety

Training Program:

	Topics
First day	o Importance of functional partition of roadways. o Characteristics of road surfaces and road shoulders o Road capacity (traffic capacity -economical capacity- environmental capacity) o Horizontal planning: factors, designing and standard characteristics o Modification of design to achieve safety
Second day	o Horizontal planning: factors, designing and standard characteristics o Modification of the design to achieve safety o Coordination between horizontal and vertical planning to achieve safety
Third day	o Uncontrolled crossroads: types, planning, factors o Entrances and exits: types, requirements, traffic flow, possible accidents. o The effects of road planning and engineering on traffic safety o Evaluation